Ram Rahim withdraws his plea on being allowed to attend wedding

Chandigarh, May 1

Jailed Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh on Wednesday withdrew his plea in the Punjab and Haryana High Court for suspension of his sentence for attending the wedding of an adopted daughter.

The plea was opposed by both the state and the CBI. Among other things, maintenance of law and order was cited as a ground.

The High Court had never issued a formal notice of motion in the matter, as wrongly reported by a section of the media. It had only asked the Deputy LA, CBI, to verify the facts as mentioned in the application.
The Bench had only asked the counsel for the applicant-appellant to verify as to how many daughters/adopted daughters the applicant had.